TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - The epidemiology of walking for exercise: implications for promoting activity among sedentary groups
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Siegel, P. Z.
A1  - Brackbill, Robert M.
A1  - Heath, G. W.
SP  - 706
EP  - 710
VL  - 85
IS  - 5
N2  - The relative contribution of walking to overall leisure-time physical activity participation rates was studied among respondents from the 45 states that participated in the 1990 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n = 81,557). The percentages of low income, unemployed, and obese persons who engaged in leisure-time physical activity (range = 51.1% to 57.7%) were substantially lower than the percentage among the total adult population (70.3%). In contrast, the prevalence of walking for exercise among these sedentary groups (range = 32.5% to 35.9%) was similar to that among the total population (35.6%). Walking appears to be an acceptable, accessible exercise activity, especially among population subgroups with a low prevalence of leisure-time physical activity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -